Promotion of judges in trial courts under scanner
NEW DELHI: With the Supreme Court scrutinizing Parliament's decision to replace an opaque collegium system with National Judicial Appointments Commission, the Delhi High Court has entertained a senior trial judge's petition alleging that subordinate judiciary promotions were as non-transparent and arbitrary.
The Centre has strongly defended the NJAC saying the collegium system, which operated for nearly 20 years, had an inbuilt opaqueness on criteria adopted by the team of senior-most Supreme Court judges headed by the Chief Justice of India for selecting judges for the apex court and high courts.
Almost identical allegations were made by additional district and sessions judge Sujata Kohli in her petition before the Delhi HC. Her petition reflected long standing grievances of many senior judges in subordinate judiciary who feel that promotion policies for lower court judges adopted by various high courts are arbitrary and non-transparent.A bench of Justices G S Sistani and Sangeeta Dhingra Sehgal has issued notice to the Delhi HC, asking it to file response to the allegations made by Kohli in her petition.
The Centre has strongly defended the NJAC saying the collegium system, which operated for nearly 20 years, had an inbuilt opaqueness on criteria adopted by the team of senior-most Supreme Court judges headed by the Chief Justice of India for selecting judges for the apex court and high courts.
Almost identical allegations were made by additional district and sessions judge Sujata Kohli in her petition before the Delhi HC. Her petition reflected long standing grievances of many senior judges in subordinate judiciary who feel that promotion policies for lower court judges adopted by various high courts are arbitrary and non-transparent.A bench of Justices G S Sistani and Sangeeta Dhingra Sehgal has issued notice to the Delhi HC, asking it to file response to the allegations made by Kohli in her petition.
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